About Us

Elderland Meats (formerly Zalma Frozen Foods) is located on State Hwy E. at the junction of State Hwy 51 & State Hwy E, one mile south of Zalma, MO, and is owned and operated by Pam and Jerry Elder with the help of their twin daughters, Kendra and Rachel and several long time employees who are like family. "Zalma Frozen Foods" opened in the early 1980's as a custom slaughterhouse and meat processing plant. When the previous owners decided to close the business in 2007, Pam and Jerry Elder, who were customers of the business, purchased it to provide a reliable local processor for themselves and other local farmers. At that time they changed the name to Elderland Meats. They also own Elderland Restaurant in Bloomfield and Elderland Angus farm in Stoddard and Bollinger Counties. Elderland Meats is a family business with four to seven part time employees.

We are local livestock farmers and consumers, so we well understand our customers' challenges.

The Elder Family

Our facilities, ability, and flexibility makes Elderland Meats unique . We are able and willing to react to schedule changes and emergencies. We work with our customers to schedule and process their meat as they want it processed when they want it processed. If a customer wants his beef aged three weeks prior to processing, we do it. We have adequate refrigerated storage to do this--Most custom processors do not. If customers want a special cut, we provide it. We have meat cutters with a wealth of experience. We are truly blessed with our many loyal customers. If you haven't tried us, please do.